Shoe-polishing outfit.



Nix-815,934. I R PATENTE D MAR.20, 1906.

- I H. ROGERS.

SHOE POLISHING OUTFIT.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 12, 1904.

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Be it known that I, Gnonen H. Roenns, a citizen ot the United States, residing in Bin, mmgham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented a certain new and useful Shoe-Polishing Outfit; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full,

I and exact description. thereof, attention being.

called to the accompanying drawings, with the reference characters marked thereon, which form also a part of this specification;

This invention relates to an outfit embrac ing the necessary means, devices, and materials required for the purpose of blackln or.

polishing shoes. v.Theoutfit comprises rst' a holder or receptacle which contains the material, blacking or polish, to be used on the leather of the shoes. Next it provides a device whereby thissubstance is expelled in suitable quantities to be'applied to the shoe, and it finally'contains a 'device or polisher which is manipulated over the applied substance to impart the requisite gloss or polish.

and simply inserted'in the holder.

Provision is also made to su ply the, substance in convenient forrnto t e outfit when exhausted.

The invention consists of the means and devices, together with their arrangement and construction, whereby they are combined, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view'of the outfit. Fig. 2 is-a side view thereof with parts broken out. Fig.3 is a longitudinal section of the upper part of the device, it being .the upper part of the preceding fi ure. Fig. 4 1s a verticalcross-section on inc 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an end view of the device with the lower part broken away and shown in section. Fig.-

6 shows in side view, with parts broken away, a receptacle which contains the material and whereby the same is supplied tothe outfit.

in the drawings, 10 indicates a housing, preferably of cylindrical shape, which 0on tains the substance to be used. on the shoes and the mechanism-whereby the same is expelled. I This substance, which may be a semiliquid or the usual paste, may be contained directly in this housing or holder; but by preference as being more cleanly to handle it is contained in a cartridge-shaped. shell 11, which shells are furnished ready fonuse For such purpose one end of the holder is removable,

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 12, 190-1. Serial No. 228,180.

Patented March 20, 1906.

it' 'b'eing arranged to form a cap 12, held in place by a screw connection.

, The size of the shells asto their diameter is such that they snugly fit inside of the holder, and they have a projection in shape of an annular rim or flange 13 at one end, which limits their insertion and holds them in a certain position'with' reference to the expelling mechanism and the .discharge-outlet. One end of these shells or cartridges is permanantly closed, but-provided in its center with a discharge-opening 14. .The o her end is closed b a cap 15, fitted so as to. occupy the inside 0' the shell and held merely by being fitted closely...-.-This fit is, however, not.s0 tight as to prevent said cap from being pushed farther into' the shell, so that" when such is done the contents in yielding to the exerted pressure areexpelled through opening 14 in the other end. There is a similar opening 16 in the center of cap 12, the two openin s registering with each other when the she l is in position. On the outside of cap '12 a brush ondauber 17 is provided, the arrangement being such that the expelled substance enters between the hairs or bristles comprising said dauber and saturates them. The inner ends of these hairs are held and bound within'a socket 18, which may form a projecting part of cap 12. To prevent leakage, a washer 19 is interposed between cap 12 and the shell, it being also perforated, so as nottointerfere' with the discharge.

By observing Figs. 2 and 3 it will now be readily understood that if cap '15 of the inserted cartridge 11 is pushed toward the other end of the same the substance within will be forced out and caused to discharge into the dauber 17 and-spread through the hairs of the same, thusfurnishing the supply for application to the shoes. This operation would be the same if shell 11 were omitted, in which case cap 15 instead of being fitted into shell 1 1 would simply occupy the interior of holder 10. In either case and as to its function for expelling the substance this cap 15 acts as a piston or plunger. For so moving .it outwardly I use a follower 21, the front end of which bears against cap 15 and which is arranged to be properly guided during its operation, sons to move straight and act properly against cap 15 to pro-j vent undue stress, uneven motion ,and consequent binding, which might cause this cap to stick. For convenience and cheapness in lco manufacture this follower, with all its parts, is formed out of one piece of metal, the front end of which is turned to term a hood 22 of sullicient surface to provide it good bearing contact. The r or end is also turned at right engles to the main part and arranged to pro 'jcct in opposite directions therefrom, is best shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the ends of these projectionsbeing shaped to fit against the interior of housing 10 and form guides 23, which insure a straight movement of the follower. For moving the latter in either direction 1 provide a screw 24, seated so as to be free for rotation, but immovable li'nigitudinelly in end 25 of holder 10. For such purpose-screw 24 is confined between its handle or thumbpiece 26 on the outside and between a shoulder 27 on the insii'le btsined by reducing the size of the screw where it through end 25 of the holder. 28 is merely o washer toreinforce this end. The thresdedpsrt' of this screw engages follower 21 and occupies a nut forming a part thereof. By preference this nut is formed in that part of the follower which is bent to form guides 23 end as shown at 29. It is clear now that it screw 24 is rotated follower 21 must move longitudinally, provided it is prevented from turning with the screw. This is accomplished by {L longitudinalridge or projection 30 on the inside of the holder and which being in the way of the ends of guides 23 stops such rotation as soon as one of them comes in contact with the ridge. Fi 4 shows this most clearly. This ridge may be expressly formed for this purpose, or the seam resulting from the construction of holder 10 may be taken edventzige of to serve for such use. lVhen the follower is moved toward the perforated end of the holder, it acts against cap 15 of the intervening can tridge and forces the substance within this latter out through the discharge-openings l4 and 16 into deuber 17. This op'erstion is of course not a continuous one and is resorted to only from time to time as the deuber used or becomes dry, when a few turns on handle 26 are su'l'licient to expel the required ouentity to recharge andseturote the duuber. it is preferable to have :i fixed rule as to the 5 direction of rotation to obtuindiscliarge oi the substance, and since rotation to the right is the more natural one the mechanism is :nranged accordingly. This requires that screw 24 be one with s left hended thread, so that when rotated to the right it will movev the lollowcr forward against the inner end of the inserted cartridge and by pushing the ca. 1 therent inwardly against lhe contents cxpels these letter.

The inner end o'l screw 24 iii-ranged by omission of the thread or by enlargement to prevent the follower from running oil when rotation unnecessarily continued in improper direction.

When one entire charge of the subslunce within the holder or an inserted shell, if such are used, is exhausted, the l olhnvcr is returned to its initial position, :is shown in Fig. .2. cap 12 is remm 'ed, and at new charge is placed. ll (-ionluincd in 2! shell 11, such it shell is inserted as shown in. Fig. 3, lhingo 13 defining its proper position with reference to the head of the retracted follower, which is now close against cup 15, as shown in Fig. 2. The shell alter insertion is held in place by cup 12. ll no shell is used, the substance would be filled directlyinto the holder and against cap 15, which in such case and in its function as a plunger would be it connected part ol follower 21 and move with it.

\Vhile otherwise the operation of the device is in either case the some. I prefer, however, before stated, the use of :1. shell or cartridge, because bein more cleanly to handle. These shells would of course be independently manufactured, but so us to lit the holder and in quantities to satisfy the dennmd for supply. In either case the substance is securely protected against drying out, since the inclosure is practically :iir'tight. It is always ready for use, which use is a. clean one and quickly available. The manipulation is a convenient one and permits close adjustment to actual reipiirement, thus preventing all waste.

For the purpose of obtaining um desired gloss or polishthe substance miter applied to the leather the shoe is manipulated over in the usual manner with a brush-slniped device or polisher 3 1 which is attached to holder 10, this letter forming at hzmdle or grip therefor I obtain the nutteriul for this polisher in the "Farm oi sheepswool, and by preference I use the same without detaching it from the hide. For such purpose it piece of sheeps poll: is cut to proper size, and the skin part 32 stretched over it l)LCl I 33 of nmlcriul possessing sullicient stillness, with some padding 34 interposed. This uuttcrinl may be pnstebmird or l)()()li-l)0ll'(i, and the pudding may be cotton. 'lhe pclishcr its so constructed is held between the ilownwordly-curlcd edges 35 of it melullic buckiio, which edges receive between them the edges of back 33, together with the skin turned nround zind over these edges. Displucon'icnt longitudinally is prevented by compressii'ig these edges :it their ends, as shown at 37, so us to impinge against the edges oi back 31' with the slcin pinched between. 'lhis metallic buck 36 and holder H) are ulluchcd lo ouch other, us shown in the din-stings, the comlcciiou being made in :my

' riveting sui able \wty iis, For instance, by solder or [twill now be seen than this holder ll) serves its 21 grip lor the polisher, whereby the some is hold while monipulnled. ()no end ol the holdcr urries the duuber, whereby lill nuilcrinl is applied to the shoes. The holder being hollow permits it to serve us it rcce itucle to carry this imitcriztl. The exgelling mechanism, also contained in, this older, serves to effect the discharge ofthis material into the dauber.

Thedevice may also be used in connection with other substanceslike liquid glue, mu-

cila'ge, paste, &c.vin Which case the polisher and its holding means Wouldof course not be needed;

Having described my invention, I claim as neW In an outfit bfthe kind described, the com bin ation of a shell which contains the mate-,

rial to be used andhas one of its ends provided Witha discharge -'opening While the other end is closed Wit 1 a ca fitted to be free to slide into said shell, a hol er adapted to receive this shell With its perforated end alined expel the-contents of the shell.

with the open end of the holder, a cap to close this open end and to hold the inserted shell in place, the same being also perforated and iii, 20 register With the perforation in the end of the shell a dauber' provided on the outside of this cap and expelling mechanism in the holder and on the other side of the inserted shell so as to be capablerof acting against the sliding 2' 5 

